Luton's side is big, strong and fully committed - and make no mistake, without the millstone of a 30-point deduction, they'd be major contenders for promotion from League Two, but nonetheless, this was a side that had gone into the new season with virtually no pre-season as a cohesive squad.
Mick Harford made eleven signings on the eve of the season, meaning the bulk of his squad have only been together for a little over a week, yet they looked far better organised than the Gills, who looked lacking in so many key attributes it was scary.
Let's start with the biggest ommission, the midfield. There wasn't one.
Dennis Oli and Tyrone Berry were both lightweight and defensively non-existent, leaving fullbacks John Nutter and Barry Fuller hopelessly exposed.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the field, two of Gillingham's most important players, Andrew Crofts and Mark Bentley, simply didn't show up. Bentley looked leggy and off the pace, while Crofts had a stinker. The two captains failed to lead, either by example, or by organisation, as the Gills looked totally rudderless.
Without a midfield, the team was effectively a dead duck. The defence was exposed, while the front two were left stranded. The passing game, so evident at Dean Court, was abandoned early in favour of the now-familiar tactic of hoofing the ball long to the front men. Unfortunately, the majority of the long balls were "aimed" at Simeon Jackson, rather than Mark McCammon.
There's clearly a lot of work to be done on the training ground with our front two. The big-man, little-man partnership can certainly work, but yesterday, and against Colchester in midweek, it's been evident that the two players appear to be performing each other's roles, rather than their own. Jackson has been the one trying to win the aerial balls and win knock-downs, while McCammon has been floating off him and working the channels. Clearly that's not working. McCammon should be the spearhead of our attack, if he's in the side at all.
I say that because based on the performances of our strikers so far this season, Gary Mulligan deserves to be in the starting lineup ahead of McCammon. He's the only player to find the net so far this season, and his appearances from the bench have been better than McCammon, and he's definitely pushing for a start. So far, McCammon's much-vaunted arrival has yet to deliver anything of note, so it'll be interesting to see whether Mark Stimson shakes things up.
Looking online after yesterday's result, it looks like there are fans who appear to be throwing the towel in already. I'm not one of them.
We've got a tough start to this season, and clearly we've failed to hit the ground running. But we've played two games, and there's a hell of a long way to go yet.
I'm not saying everything's all right, clearly Stimson needs to get the side scoring goals and defending better as a team, but I'm looking forward to our next game hopeful of a major improvement.
We need one.